mixes

Download an adventurous, very deep lil' pre-CMJ-warm-up mix from one of our favorite new producers/eternally shining cave diamond, Lexington's Ellie Herring. Ellie says the mix is made up of "sounds that remind me of a lot of things I've

Jessy Lanza drops an intoxicating new mix of "R&B, house, footwork and hip hop, peppered with her own, new material", via THUMP:

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We spent an inordinate amount of time listening to (and trying to make) mixes this year. Here's a collection of some of our favorites from the past 12 months, all of which were huge sources of discovery + inspiration for us. And we're always up for more, so feel free to hook us up with recommendations for any essential mixes we might have missed...

The unstoppable Ryan Hemsworth puts his magic touch on fellow Canadian Black Atlass' already pretty impressive debut single "Castles." In other Hemsworth news, the tireless producer has also generously compiled all of his ridiculously good mixes from the past year into one handy/massive ...

mp3: (94 mb)

Literally everyone loved Nicolas Jaar's amazing, 2-hour Essential Mix for BBC that dropped back in May -- and rightfully so, as it's one of the most beautiful, adventurous mixes of 2012 -- and now the producer has generously uploaded the uninterrupted, BBC-free version to his label's soundcloud page...

Great new mix by Shlohmo for BBC Radio 1's Exploring Future Beats, featuring a bunch of unreleased material from the L.A. producer, including a dope new track called "Out of Hand" + remixes of Just Friends (Nico Jaar + Sasha Spielberg), Ryan Hemsworth, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more: mp3:

Due to popular demand, Peaking Lights have made all 5 installments in their amazing + revelatory Lucifer mixtape series available for free download as part of today's takeover. This should cover any and all of your pool-party soundtrack needs for the rest of the summer. Grab them all after the jump...